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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUST KULPER, OF BERLIN, GERMANY, ASSIGNOR TO C. KULPER, OF SAME PLACE.

GAME-SCORING TABLET AND INDICATING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 389.845, dated September 18, 1888.

Application filed'Mareh 13, i888.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, AUGUST KiiLrER, a subject of the King of Prussia and Emperor of Germany, residing at the city of Berlin, in the Kingdom of Prussia, Empire of Germany, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game-Scoring Tablets and Indicating Devices, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to an improved gamescoring tablet and indicating device, and has for its object to provide a device having a receptacle forcards or the like, a scoring-tablet, and an indicating device, the whole being combined to make a small, compact, and ornamental article. I

With these ends in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and combinations of parts more fully described hereinafter, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a plan view of the device opened and ready for use. Fig. 2 is an end view.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 4 is a cross-section taken in the plane of line a: m, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a vertical longitudinal section of the device. Fig. 6 is a side elevation,

' and Figs. 7 and 8 are detail partial sectional 0 views.

In the drawings, the reference-letter A indicates a case constructed of any suitable material and provided upon its cover-plate or front side with the sheets or leaves of paper D, upon which the names of the players can be placed, and also the respective scores of the same as the game progresses. The interior of said case is provided with two compartments, one of the compartments forming a receptacle for the cards B, as shown clearly in Fig. 5, and the other compartment containing a registering or indicating mechanism, 0. Said indicating mechanism comprises a disk, b, provided with a toothedwheel, (1, both operating upon a pin, e. A spring-actuated catch or pawl, g, operates upon the wheel (2 to turn the disk b, and said catch is held movably in position by a guide, h, fixed to the bottom of the case, and is held in its normal outwardly-ex- Serial No. 267.057. (No model.)

tended position preferably by a spring, i,e1no bracing the stem of the catch. The outer end of said catch extends into a tube or socket, K, secured to theinclosing-case, and bears against or is secured to a movable or spring blade, m. Thus it will be seen that when a lead-pencil or other article is inserted in the tube K it will press down the blade m and operate the catch 9 to engage a different tooth of the -wheel d, and when the pencil or other object is withdrawn from the socket the spring will press the catch outward and rotate the disk b a certain amount, corresponding to one tooth of wheel d. The disk I) has as many fields or spaces as the wheel d has teeth, preferably twelve in number, and in these spaces are 6 5 written the characters which designate the players, and said characters correspond with the letters written at the head of the leaf of paper D. The disk I) is preferably made of some material that can be written upon with a lead-pencil and will allow the mark to be erased without injuring the substance. The inclosing-case is provided with a slot or opening, 0, behind which the disk b revolves, and with which the spaces on the same alternately register. The slot 0 is preferably made in a slide, so that by withdrawing the slide free access can be had to the face of the disk.

The operation of the indicating device is as follows, viz: The letters designating theplayers-for example, 1? Q R U-are written in the same order on the disk I) and thehead part of the leaf of paper D. If, now, the player Qhas to deal the cards, the disk b is rotated so that the letter Q appears under the slot 0, the leadpencil is placed in the socket K, and after the play is made the pencil is drawn out and the disk I) is turned by the pawl and the next letter, R, comes under the slot, which indicates that the player R has to deal the cards.

f indicates a stop or escapementpawl to prevent the disk from rotating in but one direction.

It is evident that various modifications might be made, such as changing the indicator-oper- 5 .ating mechanism, to dispense with the spring i, by making the blade m a plate-spring and securing it to the pawl g, as shown clearly in Fig. 7, and, further, the operating mechanism may be so altered by changing the forms of thepawls g andfthat the disk b will be rotated when the blade mis depressed instead of when it is springing outward, as shown in Fig. 8.

\Vhat I claim is- 1. A combined game-scoring tablet and indicating device,consisting of an inclosing-case having a scoring sheet or leafon its front side and provided with a compartment forming a receptacle for cards, and another compartment containing an indicating device comprising a rotatory disk operated bya spring-pawl and a tube or socket, into which the pawl projects, for the purpose set forth.

2. The combination, in a game scoring and indicating device, ofan inclosi ug-ease provided with a tube or socket, a rotatory disk to receive the characters indicating the players and provided with a ratchel-whccl, and a spring actuated pawl to operate said ratchet-wheel and extending into said socket, whereby the disk can be turned byinserting or removinga pencil from said tube.

3. In a game-indicator, the combination of an inclosing-ease provided with a slot or opening, a rotatory disk journaled within the easing and adapted to rotate at the rear of said opening and to receive the characters designating the players, said disk being provided with a ratchet-wheel, a pawl to operate said disk, a socket secured to the ease and into which said pawl extends, and a movable blade within said socket, whereby the disk is turned by a pencil or the like inserted or removc( from said socket, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

AUGUST KU LIER.

Witnesses:

GERARD v. NDJVROCKI, B. R01. 

